Drawer-support.



No. 791,112. PATENTED MAYso, 1905.

' J. ROTHWBLL. DRAWER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION P'ILED SEPT. 19, 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented May 30, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

lJOSEPH ROTHWELL'OFST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOv PAUL H. GOTZIAN, OF ST.v PAUL, MINNESOTA DRAWER-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of` Letters Patent-No. 791,112, dated May 30, 1905.' Application filed september 19, 1904. serai No. 225,057.

To @ZZ whom t 11i/(Ly concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Ro'rHwELL, av citizen of the lUnited States, residing at St. Paul, in the countyof Ramsey and- State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Supports; and I" do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as V will enable others skilled in the art to whichV it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in supports for drawers of tables, desks, cabinets, or the like when said drawers are pulled construction, combination,` and arrangement 0f parts, as will be fully described, and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of the upperpart of a table, desk, cabinet, or the like with my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional View taken on the line 2 2 of Fig'. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes the frame or body portion ofy a table, desk, cabinet, or the like; 2, a supporting-slide mounted therein; 3, a sliding drawer mounted in said frame upon said supporting slide. Said frame 1 may be of any suitable form or construction, but is preferably rectangular, as shown, and has the supportingslide 2 mounted in the center of its bottom 4; Said slide is seated in a recessed portion of said bottom 4 and is guided by tongues 5, formed upon the sides of said slide 2 and adapted to enter grooves 6, provided in said bottom 4. The slide 2 may be moved longitudinally in either direction, and its upper face projects slightly above the upper face of the bottom 4 in order to support the drawer 3, which may also be moved outwardly in either direction. In the upper face of the slide 2 are formed two longitudinally-extending parallel grooves 7, which extend from the outer ends of said slide almost to` the center of the same, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. Depending from the under side of the drawer 3 are two pins or studs 8, which project into said grooves 7 and coact therewith to cause the slide 2 to move with the drawer 3. When the drawer is in its closed position, the said pins 8 are disposed adjacent to the outer ends of said grooves, and when the drawer is moved outwardly in either direction said pins will slide longitudito its outer ends are two short grooves 9, v

which extend longitudinally and are parallel with the grooves 7. Provided upon the under side of the drawer 3 adjacent to its outer vends are two recessed portions or grooves 10,

in which detentsll are mounted, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The said ldetents are adapted to coact with the grooves 9 to lock the drawer and slide together, so that when the former is moved inwardly the latter will also be returned to its original position. ,One of said detents is shown in Fig. 4, together with its coacting device. Said detent may be of any suitable form of construction, but as shown itis a dog pivoted intermediate its ends in said groove 10 and has its upper end provided with a forwardly-extending finger 13, against which bears a handpiece or pull 14, secured upon one end of the drawer. Said handpiece or pull is pivoted at 15 in a plate 16, secured upon the outer end of the drawer and pressed outwardly by the linger 13 of the dog, which isactuated by a spring 17, so that the lower end of the dog is normally raised and kept disposed within the recess 10. By pressing the hand-pull 14 inwardly in the act of closing the drawer the dog will be forced to a vertical position, so that its lower end will project downwardly into the groove 9 and engage the. inner end of the groove, thereby causing the drawer and slide to move together.

The operation and advantages of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It-will beV seen that when the drawerfis pulled outwardly fromy slide to theirl original positions, the hand-pull uponthe outerend of the d'rawer :is pushed inwardly tozthrow the detent or dog into the :groove 9,- and` the dra-wer is then pushed inwardly, the slide 2` being carried:along with :the drawer, as previously explained.

While I have shown and described the pre- -ferred:form of my inventionit will be under- Vstood-thatl1 do not'- wish to be limited to the :precise construction hereinset forth, since vavr-ious changes in the form, proportion, and 'the minor details of construction-may be lreisortedtowithout departing from the-principle or sacrificing :any of the advantages of this invention.

Havingy thus deseribedirny: invention,-what '1I claim-as new, and desire' to 4secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. .In a table, cabinet orthe like, the combination of the frame thereof, a supportingslide mounted in-saidframe to slide outwardly in. either direction and Iformed with longitu-l :linally-disposed grooves having closed. inner ends, a drawer mounted to 'shdein either d1- yrectionlin said frame upon said supportingslide `and pins upon -said drawerl to 'coact with saidgrooves, whereby=when saidfdrawer is -pulled outwardly in either direction said supporting-slidewill be drawn outwardly in the same direction.

2. In a'table, cabinet or'ftheflike, the combination ofthe frame thereof, `a supportingslide mounted in'said frame to slide outwardly in either kdirection and formed with-'longitudinally-disposed grooves extending.' from fits outer ends almost to its lcenter, a sliding drawer upon said supporting-slide :in said frame, and depending pins uponv saidI drawer yadapted to enter and slide in said grooves,

wherebysaid supporting-slidevwill be drawn out of theframein either direction with said drawer, substantially-Aas described.

3. In a table, cabinet or the like, the combination oftheframev thereof, a supportingslide mounted in said frame to slide outwardly in either direction and formed with longitudinally-disposed grooves having closed inner ends, a drawer mounted to slide in either direction in -saidframe upon said supportingslide, pins upon said drawer coacting with said grooves to move said slide outwardly in either direction with said drawer, and detents car- `ried'fbysaid drawer for returning said supporting-slide to its original position, substantially as described.

4. In a table, cabinet ol the like, the coinbinationv of the frame thereof, a supportingslide mounted in said frame to slide outwardly in either direction and formed with longitudinally-disposed grooves having closed inner ends, a drawer mounted to-slide-in either direction in saidframe upon said supportingslide, pins upon Said drawer coacting with .-said'grooves to move said slide outwardly in I'either direction with-said drawer, hand-pulls upon said drawer, and detcnts upon said 'draweraetuated by said hand-pulls'for returning Vsaid supporting-slide'to its original position, substantially as described.

5. In -a table, cabinet or the like, the coniibinationf of the frame thereof, a supportingslide mounted insaid frame and formed with .agroove having a closed inner end, a drawer in said frame upon saidslide, a pin upon said f drawer coacting with said groove to move said `slide outwardly with-said drawer, La-l hand-pull lupon1said drawer, and a detent upon said drawer actuated by said hand-pull for moving saidslide inwardly with said drawer, su bstan- Atiallylias described.

6. 'fIn 1a table.V cabinet or` the like, the combination of the frame thereof, a supportingsl-ide'mountedin saidframe and formed with la long and a short groove, each haviuga closed inner end, a drawer insaid frame upon said slide, I.alpin upon said drawer coactingwith saidv long groove to move said slide outwardly with said drawer, a hand-pull -upon Asaid 1 drawer; and a detent upon said drawer adapted to-be moved into said short groove by -said -hand-pull'to-lock said slide and drawer together, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set .my handiin presence of two subscribing wit- `nesses.

JOSEPH ROTHWELL.

-Vitnesses:

M. J. CLARK, H. lH. HAI-1L.

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